CVE-2018-5702

Public Exploit

Description

Transmission through 2.92 relies on X-Transmission-Session-Id (which is not a forbidden header for Fetch) for access control, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary RPC commands, and consequently write to arbitrary files, via POST requests to /transmission/rpc in conjunction with a DNS rebinding attack.

8.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 36.09% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1447	issue tracking exploit third party advisory technical description
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43665/	exploit vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4087	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/468	exploit third party advisory technical description
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-07	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://twitter.com/taviso/status/951526615145566208	third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00020.html	third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-5702?: CVE-2018-5702 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-5702?: To fix CVE-2018-5702, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-5702 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2018-5702 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~36% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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